Matter
Name
Pyrrhotite powder (0-25µm grains)
Family
Family
solid
Database
Experimentalists
Parent matter
Pyrrhotite PAM#169
Level
local matter
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Lyuba Moroz, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Body name
Earth
Preparation
sieved fraction
Method
wet-sieving with ethanol and a 25µm sieve after colloidal grinding in a planetary grinder
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
mineral (silicate mineral)
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
particulate
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 0.0 ${\mu}m$ 25.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 irregular
Size method
wet-sieving with ethanol and a 25µm sieve
Number
1
Mode of mixing
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Pyrrhotite powder (0-25µm grains) 1.0
Title
Pyrrhotite 0-25 µm powder preparation

Precursors

Matters

Produced matter

Matter
Pyrrhotite powder (0-25µm grains) (this matter)
Processing steps
Step Date Type Process Changes
#1 2018-10-22 mechanical manual grinding powdered pyrrhotite
#2 2018-10-22 mechanical grinding in a planetary grinder fine pyrrhotite powder
#3 2018-10-22 mechanical the powder has been wet-sieved with ethanol and a 25 µm sieve Pyrrhotite powder with 0-25 µm grain size
Comments
sample's powders have been produced at the Cold Surface Spectroscopy in IPAG-Grenoble